Sven Treitel, a name known far and wide in the geophysical world, is the recipient of numerous learned society awards. He has made distinct contributions to exploration geophysics, especially in digital seismic data processing. Treitel delivered the keynote address at the inaugural CSEG Doodle Train week (4 November 2002) in Calgary. His talk brought back memories of how the process of deconvolution evolved and was implemented in the 1960s and 1970s, and became an important tool in seismic data processing in the 1980s and beyond.

After his presentation, Treitel met with CSEG Recorder editor Satinder Chopra and with his associates...